schip

See also: SCHIP

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schip, from Old Dutch skip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip.

Cognates

Cognate with Low German Schipp, West Frisian skip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), English ship, Danish skib, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian to cut, lop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxɪp/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: schip
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

schip n (plural schepen, diminutive scheepje n)

1. ship (a large, water borne vessel)

   Het grote schip vaart over de oceaan naar verre landen. ― The large ship sails across the ocean to distant lands.

   De haven was vol met kleurrijke schepen van over de hele wereld. ― The harbor was filled with colorful ships from all around the world.

2. (architecture) nave (the middle or body of a standard medieval church or cathedral, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances)

   Synonym: middenschip

   De imposante kathedraal had een prachtig versierd schip met hoge gewelven. ― The impressive cathedral had a beautifully decorated nave with high vaults.

   De middeleeuwse kerk had een eenvoudig, maar indrukwekkend schip in gotische stijl. ― The medieval church had a simple yet impressive nave in Gothic style.

Derived terms

general

• mischeeps
• scheepsagent
• scheepsanker
• scheepsbel
• scheepsbemanning
• scheepsbevrachter
• scheepsblok
• scheepsboot
• scheepsbouw
• scheepsbouwer
• scheepshuid
• scheepsjongen
• scheepsjournaal
• scheepskameel
• scheepskanon
• scheepskat
• scheepskok
• scheepskompas
• scheepslading
• scheepslog
• scheepsmast
• scheepsromp
• scheepsruim
• scheepsschroef
• scheepsvolk
• scheepsvracht
• scheepswrak
• scheepvaart
• schipbreuk

ship types

• binnenvaartschip
• handelsschip
• kaperschip
• kofschip
• koopvaardijschip
• marineschip
• motorschip
• narrenschip
• oorlogsschip
• opleidingsschip
• piratenschip
• raderschip
• rivierschip
• ruimteschip
• schipper
• slagschip
• slavenschip
• spookschip
• stoomschip
• turfschip
• vissersschip
• vlaggenschip
• vliegdekschip
• vliegkampschip
• volschip
• voorraadschip
• vrachtschip
• zeeschip
• zeilschip

Related terms

• schepen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: skip
  • → Northern Ndebele: isikepe
  • → Shona: chikepe
  • → Sotho: sekepe
  • → Tsonga: xikepe
  • → Xhosa: isikhephe
  • → Zulu: isikebhe
• Negerhollands: skip, skep
• →? Sranan Tongo: sipi
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sipi

Middle English

Alternative forms

• chip, chippe, schepe, schipp, schippe, schup, schyp, schyppe, shepe, ship, shippe, shup, shuppe, shyp, shype, shyppe, sship, ssip
• (Northern) scip, scippe, scyp, scyppe

Etymology

Inherited from Old English scip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃip/

Noun

schip (plural schipes or schippes)

1. A ship (large waterborne vessel)
   • c. 1390, “Edward þe þridde”, in Sowlehele (Vernon Lyrics, Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. a. 1)‎, Worcestershire, folio 411, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2019 January 10:

     Now is þat ſchip. þat bar þe flour. / Selden seȝe. and sone foꝛȝete.

     Now that ship which bore the acme is / Rarely seen and quickly forgotten.

2. (generally) A waterborne vessel; a boat.
3. (figuratively) A person or organisation providing "passage" through a situation.
4. A ship (vessel for storing incense)

Declension

Declension of schip

	singular	plural
(nominative/accusative)	schip	schipes, schippes
genitive	schipes, schippes	schipes, schippes, schipene
dative	schipe1	schipen2

¹Optional; mostly fossilised after Early Middle English.
²Only found in Early Middle English and optional there.

Related terms

• schip bord
• schipman
• schippen

Descendants

• English: ship
• Scots: ship
• Yola: zhip

References

• “ship, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French skip, from English skip.

Noun

schip n (uncountable)

1. skip car

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	schip	schipul
genitive-dative	schip	schipului
vocative	schipule